In the participating nursing homes, residents who had at least two minor flu symptoms — like a runny nose, congestion, sore throat, cough or fever — would be tested. The results would be returned within 12 hours, and often within 15 minutes.
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health found rapid flu testing for residents of nursing homes helped detect outbreaks sooner and keep more people out of the hospital.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Biden administration program for student loan relief, President Joe Biden is out with an alternative plan. The Department of Education is calling the Saving on Valuable Education plan the “most generous” repayment program of its kind. Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison, gives an update on federal student loan policy.
“He loves pets, he loves cuddles, he loves everything like that,” Officer Gamache said.
Former Wisconsin defensive coordinator and interim head coach Jim Leonhard hosted a free youth football camp at St. Francis Xavier on Wednesday.
Chris Clark, the longest-tenured coach of any UW program, is leaving his position leading the men’s rowing program to enter a newly created role as director of rowing.
After netting a Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for writing a book about evictions in Milwaukee, Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond sought to tackle a broader lens: Why is there so much poverty in a nation as wealthy as the United States?
In his new book releasesd this year, “Poverty, by America,” the University of Wisconsin-Madison alum argues one underlying reason for poverty is that many Americans benefit from it.
